| Date: | Monday 22 May 1995 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair CV-440 |
| Owner/operator: | SASA - Servicios Aéreos Santa Ana |
| Registration: | CP-2142 |
| MSN: | 120 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | San Borja-Capitan G.Q. Guardia Airport (SRJ) -
 Bolivia
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | San Borja-Capitan G.Q. Guardia Airport (SRJ/SLSB) |
The CV-440 suffered an engine surge on climb-out. The captain decided to return to the airport. The landing gear deployed fine, but the aircraft was unable to roll-out and level while turning short-finals onto the runway. It hit the ground in a nose-down and level-wing-low attitude.
Sources:
Scramble 195(52)
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB); November 1993
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